The Ferry-Morse® Gardening In School Program

Why plant a school garden? School gardens are an effective way to promote life-long healthy eating habits and connect students to the natural world. Gardening provides educators with opportunities to enhance student education through practical, reality-based learning. We're here to help foster gardening in school by offering a special program for schools and teachers to have better access to the seeds and supplies that make it happen.

About The Gardening in School Program

Ferry-Morse is dedicated to fostering gardening in schools. We understand the value that a garden can provide for students and want to make this a more accessible opportunity for schools wanting to grow gardens for their students.

To do this, Ferry-Morse is offering special Gardening In School discounts to schools that want to grow gardens! This special discount can be used site-wide on vegetable, flower, and herb seeds as well as gardening tools and supplies. All you have to do is contact us at [email protected] and we'll provide a discount code for you to use on your purchase.

The Benefits of Gardening in Schools

  • Contributes to students' communication and knowledge of emotions
  • Positively impacts students' academic achievement
  • Offers schools a way of helping children to identify with their school and feel proud of their
             individual contribution
  • Improves life skills, including working with groups and self-understanding
  • Instills appreciation and respect for nature that lasts into adulthood
  • Improves nutrition knowledge of vegetables
  • Encourages healthier snacking habits
A groupd of people tending to a raised bed garden.

The Benefits of Gardening in Schools


  • Contributes to students' communication and knowledge of emotions

  • Positively impacts students' academic achievement

  • Offers schools a way of helping children to identify with their school and feel proud of their individual contribution

  • Improves life skills, including working with groups and self-understanding

  • Instills appreciation and respect for nature that lasts into adulthood

  • Improves nutrition knowledge of vegetables

  • Encourages healthier snacking habits
A groupd of people tending to a raised bed garden.

The Benefits of Gardening in Schools

A groupd of people tending to a raised bed garden.

  • Contributes to students' communication
    and knowledge of emotions

  • Positively impacts students' academic achievement

  • Offers schools a way of helping children to identify with their school and feel proud of their individual contribution

  • Improves life skills, including working with groups and self-understanding

  • Instills appreciation and respect for nature that
    lasts into adulthood

  • Improves nutrition knowledge of vegetables

  • Encourages healthier snacking habits

How To Participate

It's simple. Contact us with an e-mail and some background on your school and your gardening program. We'll respond with an exclusive discount code that you can use site-wide for your purchase. E-mail now to redeem your personalized discount code. 

Where To Start

Plants that kids LOVE to touch:

Image of Purple Passionflower

Plants that kids LOVE to touch:

Image of Purple Passionflower
Seedlings growing inside of peat pots.

Don't forget about your equipment, tools and accessories for the job:

Seedlings growing inside of peat pots.

Don't forget about your equipment, tools and accessories for the job:

Still not sure where to begin?

You can always visit the Ferry-Morse Garden Blog for gardening tips, information, how-to's and more. We also have a Master Gardener available to answer gardening and plant related inquiries and help you along your gardening journey. Simply visit our Contact Us page and select Gardening Questions & How-To's to submit your question(s)!